The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with the exception of the right knee disorder claim which is being remanded. The conditions are presumed to be related to his Persian Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's PTSD and other conditions are due to his active duty service, including combat experiences and fear of hostile military or terrorist activity during his deployment to Saudi Arabia.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinusitis, Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), Fibromyalgia, Right knee disorder, Chronic urticaria, Prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2022
- Citation
- 22064921
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